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† syrt Obs. Forms: 6 syrte, 6–7 sirt, 7–8 syrt. [ad. L. Syrtis. Cf. F. (pl.) sirtes, syrtes, It., Sp. sirte, Pg. (pl.) syrtes.] = Syrtis.
1575Mirr. Mag., Albanact lvi, As doth the shipman well forsee the storme, And knowes what daunger lyes in syrtes of sande. Ibid., Madan vii, As hee that striues in soakte quicke sirts of sand Still sinkes. 1618Bolton Florus iv. xii. (1636) 328 The Musulamians and Getulians, who border upon the Syrts. 1626tr. Boccalini's New-found Politicke i. 42 They discouered the..Ocean of the Courts to be all ouer full of flats, shelues,..quicksands,..rocks, gulfs, whirl⁓pools, sirts [etc.]. 1627May Lucan ix. 354 These Syrts..Nature as doubtfull left twixt sea, and land. c1715Young Ocean xvii, The syrt, the whirlpool, and the rock. 1718Rowe tr. Lucan 369 These Syrts shall all be dry and solid Ground. |